BELFAST — Belfast’s Colonial Theatre is celebrating the holidays with one of the Belfast area’s favorite activity: the 25tth Annual Free Family Holiday Matinee Film Series. Starting the weekend…
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Member appreciation film; free family movie; Attend ‘Timeless,’ receive discounts on lift tickets, gear, swag, and more
ROCKLAND — Winter over with the Strand Theatre as they present a variety of live shows, films, and broadcasts.
Updates added this week…
Upcoming events include Evening of Short Comedic Plays, and reading of ‘A Child’s Christmas in Wales’
THOMASTON — Watts Hall Community players has received a grant from the Maine Community Foundation to continue to improve the 104 year old theater on Main Street in Thomaston.
Thanks to…
The Belfast Maskers will hold open auditions for As You Like It on Saturday, December 7 at 10 a.m. and Monday, December 9 at 6 p.m. Shakespeare…
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Normally high school plays aren’t on the Weekend Spotlight, but…
Roles for children and adults
BELFAST — Midcoast Actors' Studio, in Belfast, announces auditions for it production of An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen. The show will be directed by Bill Burford, a professional…
Flying by Foy spent two days installing equipment, training CHRHS actors and crew
CAMDEN—“Hitting your mark” as an actor is always a challenge on stage. Try doing it 15 feet in the air.
For Camden Hills Regional High School’s upcoming performances of Mary Poppins…
ROCKLAND — Additions to Strand Theatre’s upcoming itinerary include two live shows, three high-definition broadcasts, and five films.
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the tragic beauty who yearns for the finer things in life; the besotted male desperately in love
ROCKLAND — The 2019 - 2020 Metropolitan Opera’s Live-in-HD season of broadcasts from Lincoln Center to the Strand Theatre continues on October 26, at 1 p.m., with a…
ROCKLAND — Three high definition broadcasts and two live performances have been added to the Strand Theatre’s list of upcoming entertainment.
…NORTH HAVEN — Waterman’s Community Center, located on the Midcoast Maine island of North Haven, is offering three 10-day residential retreats to developing female playwrights in late winter and…
African music featuring dancers from Rockland’s Studio Red; and visual theater ensemble
ROCKLAND — The Strand Theatre recently received two grants to support its Family Series programming. The Strand Family Series offers high-quality arts programming for all…
ROCKLAND — Two films and two high definition broadcoasts have been added to the The Strand Theatre’s October schedule.
New this week:…
Last spring, The Waldo was awarded a $40,000 challenge grant from the Sandy River Charitable Foundation which required a dollar for dollar match. The organization successfully raised the matching…
Sandy River Charitable Foundation and Belvedere Fund
WALDOBORO — Last spring, The Waldo was awarded a $40,000 challenge grant from the Sandy River Charitable Foundation, which required a dollar for dollar match. The organization successfully raised…
ROCKLAND — Two high definition broadcasts and two community events have been added to the Strand Theatre lineup.
UPDATES…
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Rain Date: Now Sunday, September 8
Note: Due to the rain, this event has now been moved to Sunday night, September 8, 2019
CAMDEN—The line up of the annual Maine Outdoor Film Festival (…
“making it as easy as possible for folks”
CAMDEN — The Camden Opera House has introduced a no-fee ticketing policy this summer.
In the past, patrons have had the option of buying advance tickets in-person at the Town Office in…
ROCKLAND — Strand Theatre, in Rockland, added four films and an HD live broadcast to its September lineup.
HD:
…ROCKLAND – Ani DiFranco has been added to the list of live entertainment the Strand Theatre, in Rockland. Also added to the itinerary are the films Jimi Hendrix:…
‘I’ve always been fascinated with the concept of sharing one’s life world-wide’
BOSTON — From early on in her life, 2018 Oceanside High School graduate and valedictorian Gabby Simmons has known she has wanted to be an entrepreneur, though her latest passion of being a…
CAMDEN — Auditions for the CHRHS fall musical Mary Poppins will be Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, Aug. 27, 28, and 29, from 4-7 p.m., in the Strom Auditorium. High school students are…
The wandering spotlight will be lighting up Damariscotta as it moves from Lincoln Theater to the streets around it as movie fans begin arriving for the first MidCoast Film Festival. The excitement…
a sailing dream plagued by self doubt and chauvinistic pessimism in Strand documentary
ROCKLAND — Maiden, a documentary about the skipper of the first-ever, all-female crew to enter the Whitbread Round the World Race, will be shown at the Strand Theatre with screenings on…
ROCKLAND — 42nd Street - The Musical will be screened at the Strand Theatre, 345 Main Street, on Thursday, July 25, at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.
One of Broadway's classic tales, staged at…
‘you can observe very personal moments and intimate relationships’
CAMDEN — Sybil Patten has always had a love of storytelling and has made her passion a reality through a pair of projects over the last few years.
Growing up in Camden, Patten attended…
CAMDEN — Art reception, movies, plays, and lectures bring thought, culture, and entertainment to Camden Library between July 18 and August 1.…
Maine International Film Festival
The 22nd annual Maine International Film Festival, held in Waterville, Maine July 12-21, will honor director Hilary Brougher with a screening of her new film, “South Mountain,” followed by a Mid-…
Union Fairgrounds: Saturday, Aug. 17 through Saturday, Aug. 24
UNION — If you have talent, the 2019 Union Fair invites you to participate in its annual Talent Show.
Categories are age 16 and under, and 17 and older, with a first place prize of $500, a…
BELFAST — The Belfast Maskers will hold auditions for Dearly Departed, a comedy written by David Bottrell and Jessie Jones, on Saturday, July 27, at 10 a.m., and Sunday, July 28, at 2 p.…
ROCKLAND — One live show, one High Definition broadcast, and five films have been added to the Strand Theatre’s lineup.
LIVE SHOWS:
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LIVE SHOWS:
Sunday, July 7 at 5 p.m: STRAND ON THE AIR: Summer Fun Special
Join the cast for Strand On The Air: Summer Fun Special…
All roles for ‘Medea’ sought, including backstage
BELFAST — Do you like classical theater? If you do, or think you might, read on!, according to a news release.
Before O'Neill or Pinter, Ibsen, Marlowe — or even Shakespeare — there were…
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Saturday, June 1, 7 p.m.:
“Reel to Real,” Sherri’s School of Dance’s 15 annual…
BELFAST — Midcoast Actors' Studio announces the cast of Into the Woods, by Stephen Sondheim.
The fates of fairy tale characters collide fantastically in this musical that explores…
“I love the jungle. I am most comfortable in the jungle’
Strength. Determination. Redemption.
Each of these words describes the thoughts and emotions of Charlie Frattini and his time on the upcoming season of Naked and Afraid XL, a…
summer musical
BELFAST — Belfast Maskers have cast and begun rehearsals for a musical adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett's novel The Secret Garden.
The adaptation, with book and lyrics by…
BELFAST- Cold Comfort Theater in Belfast announces its cast for its upcoming Pride Play Festival in collaboration with the Belfast Has Pride Festival 2019 to be performed at the Basil Burwell…
CAMDEN — Nothing rings truer in a community than sitting around a hearth at the end of a workday and telling stories. In this case, the hearth was the Blue Cafe, an intimate gathering space on the…
Spring play to show for one weekend only
ROCKPORT- The Camden Hills Regional High School Spring Play, Rumors, opens May 2 and features a cast of five couples, dinner, a farcical comedy, and support from a creative technical crew…
Performances scheduled throughout summer
ROCKPORT – The requirements are simple: Be a gutsy adult woman, be able to fight with a sword, and portray a larger-than-life character. The first of two auditions for a new play, A Specific…
ROCKLAND – The Strand Theater, 345 Main St., will present The Adventures of Miss Susan, as part of its Family Series at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, March 28. The Strand Family Series is a series…
‘Families with children are especially encouraged to participate.’
THOMASTON — Watts Hall Community Players are holding auditions for its upcoming summer show, Once Upon a Mattress.
Auditions will be held in Watts Hall on Main Street, Thomaston,…
Coming to The Strand Theatre Sunday, March 24
ROCKLAND—With Maine coming in second (after Vermont) as the state with the most cat-owning households, it makes sense that the 2019 Cat Video Festival should take place here. The first stop will…
BELFAST — Cold Comfort Theater in Belfast is holding auditions for its 2nd Annual Festival of Short Plays to be produced on May 24 and 25, at 7 p.m., at the UMaine Hutchinson Center.
Eight…
CAMDEN – The Camden Rockport Middle School will present a dinner theater on Friday and Saturday, March 29 and 30. The 6 p.m. dinner will take place in the school’s cafeteria on Knowlton Street,…
CAMDEN — Cinémathèque @ the Camden Opera House is a new monthly film program celebrating the best of classic, foreign, and cult cinema. This selection for the big…
BELFAST — Belfast Maskers invites the public to audition for the musical The Secret Garden, book and lyrics by Marsha Norman, music by Lucy Simon, based on the Victorian novel of the same…
What to expect when CIFF’’s Mini Film Fest March 1 & 2
“All my life, I’ve always wanted to know why people fight and what is really going on inside our minds.” Thus, begins the a voice over in the trailer for THE RAFT, a one-hour 37-minute documentary…
